- The
Commodore 1530 (C2N)
Datasette,
later also Dat****ette (a
portmanteau of data and c****ette), is Commodore's
dedicated magnetic-tape data
storage device...
- switching, and for
controlling three of the four
signal lines of the
Datasette tape
recorder (the
electric motor control, key-press
sensing and write...
- at a time when
floppy disk
drives were very expensive. The
Commodore Datasette was a
dedicated data
version using the same media.
Manufacturers often...
-
storage slot. Also,
unlike most
other C64s, the SX-64 does not have a
datasette connector so an
external c****ette was not an option. Two
designers at...
-
device for load and save
operations is
changed to the
floppy drive. The
Datasette (c****ette) port and RF port were
omitted from the SX-64.
Because it has...
-
Commodore Datasette...
-
either Commodore 64 (C64),
Commodore (1541) disk
drive or
Commodore (1530
Datasette) tape deck and
newer computers.
There are a
large variety of adapters...
- used with c****ette tape
drives (
Datasette),
which were much cheaper, but also much
slower than
floppy drives. The
Datasette plugged into a
proprietary edge...
- peripherals. The VIC-20's
BASIC is
compatible with the PET's, and the
Datasette format is the same.
Before the computer's release, a
Commodore executive...
-
users recalling repeated attempts to load
video games; the
Commodore Datasette used very reliable, but slow,
digital encoding. In some countries, including...
